Wild and Woolfy is a 1945 Droopy short directed by Tex Avery.
Plot[]
In this western-themed cartoon, the Big Bad Wolf, now playing a cowboy criminal called "Joe" Wolf in this cartoon, kidnaps the cowgirl singer, Red (from Red Hot Riding Hood) from Rig-R-Mortis saloon, where their motto is "Come in and get stiff." Droopy and a posse of cowboys doggedly follow him all over the Great Plains (mainly Droopy), but the wolf is far ahead. However, like in the previous cartoons, Droopy shows up in the places the wolf doesn't expect, forcing him to call for the waiter to keep Droopy away from him.
Finally, in his hideout, the wolf, thinking Red is underneath a sheet, unveils it, and kisses Droopy, who happens to be underneath and sitting on a stack of books. Desperate, the wolf asks him just who the heck he is and why he kept following him throughout the cartoon. Droopy replies, "Why, haven't you heard? I'm the hero," and promptly knocks out the wolf. He calls for the waiter to take the wolf off to jail. After receiving a "My Hero" kiss from Red, Droopy goes crazy and kidnaps Red himself.
Availability[]
- (1989) VHS - Tex Avery's Screwball Classics 2
- (1990) LaserDisc - Tex Avery's Screwball Classics
- (1993) LaserDisc - The Compleat Tex Avery, Side 3
- (2007) DVD - Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection, Disc 1
- (2009) DVD - TCM Spotlight: Esther Williams: Volume 2
- (2010) DVD - Banned & Censored Cartoons: Volume I
- (2017) Streaming - Boomerang
- (2017) Blu-ray - Cartoons to the Rescue (with original titles; Thunderbean Animation)
- (2021) DVD/Blu-ray - Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3 (restored; Warner Bros.)
Notes[]
- The credits on the title card are the same as "Homesteader Droopy". Coincidentally, both were directed by Tex Avery.
- This short is a partial color remake of 1935 Universal Walter Lantz Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short "Towne Hall Follies", which Tex Avery also worked as a director and an animator.[1]
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References[]
| Droopy Cartoons | |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Dumb-Hounded |
| 1945 | The Shooting of Dan McGoo • Wild and Woolfy |
| 1946 | Northwest Hounded Police |
| 1949 | Señor Droopy • Wags to Riches • Out-Foxed |
| 1950 | The Chump Champ |
| 1951 | Daredevil Droopy • Droopy's Good Deed • Droopy's Double Trouble |
| 1952 | Caballero Droopy |
| 1953 | The Three Little Pups |
| 1954 | Drag-a-Long Droopy • Homesteader Droopy • Dixieland Droopy |
| 1955 | Deputy Droopy |
| 1956 | Millionaire Droopy |
| 1957 | Grin and Share It • Blackboard Jumble • One Droopy Knight |
| 1958 | Sheep Wrecked • Mutts About Racing • Droopy Leprechaun |